diff --git a/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/PyramidOMETiffWriter.java b/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/PyramidOMETiffWriter.java
index aa98a1037fd..911d72a3161 100644
--- a/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/PyramidOMETiffWriter.java
+++ b/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/PyramidOMETiffWriter.java
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
       }
 
       int mainIFDIndex = 0;
-      int currentFullResolution = 0;
       for (int i=0; i<r.getImageCount(); i++) {
         setSeries(i);
         int resCount = resCounts[i];
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
           }
 
           mainIFDIndex++;
-          currentFullResolution++;
         }
         mainIFDIndex += (planeCounts[i] * (resCount - 1));
       }